World War II (1935-1945)
PMLS
World War I (1914-1918)
 An important factor in the growth
of the clinical laboratory with a
demand for medical personnel in
the military as well as civilian
hospitals.
State of Pennsylvania(1915)
 Passed a law that required all
hospitals to be equipped with
adequate laboratories employing
trained technicians
University of Minnesota (1923)
 One of the first schools for training
workers
 “Courses in Medical Technology
for Clinical and Laboratory
Technicians”
 First to offer a degree level
program believed to be in 1923
1922
 The American Society of Clinical
Pathologists (ASCP) was
organized.
1936
 The American Board of Pathology
was established.
1939
 the American Medical
Technologists (AMT) was formed.
 Marked effect on lab medicine;
the use of blood increased & the
“closed system” of blood
collection was widely adopted.
 Instrumentation was advanced,
with these instruments the
measurement of the intensity of
color production, a dozen of new
chemical tests became possible.
1900
 In census, 100 technicians, all
male were employed in the
United States.
1911
 Insurance Act was approved.
1915
 Stated legislatures of
Pennsylvania: all hospitals and
institutions to have an adequate
lab and to employ a full-time
technician
1914-1918
 World War I was an important
factor in the growth of the clinical
laboratory and produced a great
demand for technicians
1921
 Denver Society of the Clinical
Pathologist was organized.
1940
 Two year collegiate education
and a twelve-month actual
training
1950
 Standard curriculum was
formalized
1967
 Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Act of 1967
1975
 Medical Technologists were
required to have a bachelor’s
degree or the equivalent
1977
 National Committee for Clinical
Laboratory Standards (NCCLS)
1999
 Clinical Laboratory Science term
was adopted.
PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Spanish Colonial
 San Lazaro – established to cure
leprosy
 Hospital de San Juan de Dios 1596
– first laboratory in the Philippines
 Hospital De San Jose 1641- Cavite
 Laboratorio Municipal de Manila
1887 – established by government
to analyze water and food on
clinical specimens
- now known as the Bureau of
Science
- Engaged in pathological studies
of infectious diseases
 Epidemics infectious diseases –
cholera, plague, smallpox,
dysentery, and typhoid
 Medicine and pharmacy – most
developed health related field
American Regime
 University of the Philippines 1908 –
College of Agriculture in Los Banos
 Bureau of Science – principal
government research laboratory
and training institution to future
scientists
- top foci research includes:
cholera, malaria, tuberculosis,
leprosy, dengue, fever, beriberi,
diphtheria, amoebic dysentery
World War II Era- Postwar to 1972
 Health was given the highest
priority by the government
 DOH was reorganized
 National health problems:
schistosomiasis, malaria, &
malnutrition
Martial Law
 Tertiary hospitals were established:
Philippine Heart Center, Lung
Center of the Philippines, and
National Kidney and Transplant
Institute
 Primary Health Care System was
adopted; emphasized the
importance of promotive and
preventive care
 Aquino administration – Health
related laws were passed:
> The Maternal Code
 > The Milk Code
> The Generics Law (RA 6675)
a.k.a. Generics Act of 1988
> The Magna Carta of Public
Health Workers (RA 7305)
> The National Health Insurance
Act of 1995 (RA 7875)
> The Organ Donation Act of 1991
(RA 7170)
 Ramos administration – EO 29:
Philippine National AIDS Council
as the national policy and
advisory body on control and
prevention of HIV-AIDS; The
National Blood Services Act of
1994 (RA 7719)
 Medical Technology Practice was
introduced by the 26th Medical
Laboratory of the 6th U.S. Army
 First clinical laboratory in the
Philippines at Quiricada Street,
Sta. Cruz, Manila where the
Manila Public Health Laboratory is
presently located.
JUNE 1943
 U.S. Army left and endorsed the
clinical lab to the National
Department of Health
 The laboratory rendered non-
functional for some time
FEBRUARY 1944
 The laboratory offered training
programs to high school
graduates
OCTOBER 1, 1945
 Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda –
organized Manila Public Health
Laboratory
 Dr. Mariano Icasiano – Manila City
Health Officer
1947
 Dr. Pio de Roda & Dr. Sta. Ana
 Training of high school graduates
as medical technicians
 No period of training
 No certificate
1953
 William Hilgert Hedrick – the
Founder of Medical Technology
education course in the
Philippines
1954
 Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
 Prepared syllabus for the training
program
 6 months laboratory training
 Certificate is given
PHILIPPINE UNION COLLEGE (1954)
 Now known as the Adventist
University of the Philippines
 Offered the first four-year B.S.
degree in Medical Technology
with Manila Sanitarium (Manila
Adventist Medical Center)
JESSE UMALI (1956)
 PUC- first Medical Technology
graduate
 OB-Gyne practitioner and was an
owner of Omega Laboratories
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS (1957)

 Dr. Antonio Gabriel & Gustavo

Reyes
 June 15, 1957 – Lorenzo Rodriguez
decided to offer it as a course
 June 1960 – a temporary permit
was issued by the DOE
 June 14, 1961 – full recognition of
the 4-year B.S. Medical
Technology course

CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY (1960)

 Mrs. Purification Sunico-Suaco

who was granted by the University
President Carmen de Luna
 Their first graduates were in 1962

FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY (1961)

 Dr. Horacio A. Ylagan and Dr.

Serafin J. Juliane
 It produced its first graduates in
1963.

Aral well, kidz.